(dxcvii) 19 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Music::ChordPro - A lyrics and chords formatting program
   • Version: v6.100.0 on 2026-04-21, with 468 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v6.090.1 was released 3 months, 18 days before
   • Author: JV
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.098002 on 2026-04-20, with 864 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.098001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. App::perlimports - Make implicit imports explicit
   • Version: 0.000059 on 2026-04-24, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.000058 was released 5 months, 26 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
4. Bitcoin::Crypto - Bitcoin cryptography in Perl
   • Version: 4.005 on 2026-04-23, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.004 was released 1 month, 5 days before
   • Author: BRTASTIC
5. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260419.002 on 2026-04-19, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260412.001 was released 7 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
6. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.088 on 2026-04-23, with 53 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.087_008 was released the same day
   • Author: MIK
7. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.68 on 2026-04-23, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.67 was released 1 month, 17 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
8. DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::Serializer - Inflators to serialize data structures for DBIx::Class
   • Version: 0.10 on 2026-04-19, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.09 was released 9 years, 3 months, 4 days before
   • Author: MRUIZ
9. Encode - character encodings in Perl
   • Version: 3.22 on 2026-04-25, with 65 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.21 was released 2 years, 1 month, 28 days before
   • Author: DANKOGAI
10. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
    • Version: v32.0.0 on 2026-04-22, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v31.1.0 was released 27 days before
    • Author: CHEVALIER
11. Log::Any - Bringing loggers and listeners together
    • Version: 1.720 on 2026-04-25, with 69 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.719 was released 1 month, 8 days before
    • Author: PREACTION
12. MetaCPAN::Client - A comprehensive, DWIM-featured client to the MetaCPAN API
    • Version: 2.041000 on 2026-04-25, with 29 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.040000 was released 1 month, 16 days before
    • Author: MICKEY
13. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260420 on 2026-04-20, with 45 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260330 was released 21 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
14. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
    • Version: 1.290 on 2026-04-25, with 64 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.289 was released the same day
    • Author: MITHALDU
15. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990167 on 2026-04-24, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990166 was released the same day
    • Author: KIMOTO
16. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000171 on 2026-04-23, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000170 was released 13 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
17. YAML::LibYAML - Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
    • Version: v0.905.0 on 2026-04-24, with 60 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.905.0 was released 1 day before
    • Author: TINITA
18. YAML::PP - YAML 1.2 Processor
    • Version: v0.40.0 on 2026-04-24, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.40.0 was released 1 day before
    • Author: TINITA
19. YAML::Syck - Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper
    • Version: 1.45 on 2026-04-23, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.44 was released 20 days before
    • Author: TODDR